If you haven't already seen inventor Pranav Mistry's TED demo of his SixthSense technology, then you're in for a real treat. I still can't conceive of just how some of the things he demonstrates actually work (the dynamic adjustment of the pie chart seems pretty sophisticated, if it can really handle any kind of graph or measurement object as easily as it did the pie chart) but it's incredibly exciting technology.
Anyone who managed to slog through the last short story that I posted here ("Imaginary Stories") may recall that it had something slightly similar. In that tale I predicted a portable computing device that was about the size of a marble and which you could dynamically create a screen for by simply outlining a rectangular shape anywhere with your fingertips. You'd then interact with your virtual screen by using your hands to touch/move around/navigate whatever was on the "screen" (all of which would be mapped by the device and interpreted instantly).
What Mr Mistry has been developing will probably end up making my idea look like something from the 20th century. And that's almost breath-taking when you think about it!
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